About Shirley Overview

Shirley's passion is empowering people of all shapes, sizes, and levels of ability to reach for their personal best and to live fully in body, mind, and spirit. She's an international award-winning author, health educator, and trendsetting wellness and fitness expert with a specialty in mind-body exercise. With 20 years experience, Shirley has spent the last 10 years writing books and articles, lecturing, teaching workshops, and training clients worldwide. She especially enjoys leading retreats and teaching at resorts and spas worldwide.

Wellness Educator: Shirley's been affiliated with Stanford Prevention Research Center for over 10 years and has served as Associate Director of the Health Promotion Resource Center at Stanford University. She's been a trainer and health and wellness educator for the Stanford Health Improvement Program. Her specialties include motivating new exercisers and creating wellness at work, teaching stress management techniques like office exercises, breathing, meditation, visualization, aromatherapy, and self-massage, and leading workouts for a healthy heart, strong muscles, and strong bones. A certified Pilates and Yoga instructor, she also leads these classes.

 

Author: Busting Out: Putting Your Best Breasts Forward (Chronicle Books 2007)

The Everything® Wedding Workout Book(Adams Media 2006)

Fitness 9 to 5: Easy Exercises for the Working Week (Chronicle Books 2006)

The Everything® Low Cholesterol Book(Adams Media 2005)

Pilates Fusion: Well-Being for Body, Mind, and Spirit (Chronicle Books 2004)

The Strength & Toning Deck (Chronicle Books 2004)

The Pilates Deck (Chronicle Books 2003)

The Everything® Weight Training Book (Adams Media 2002)

The Walking Deck: 50 Ways to Walk Yourself Healthy (Chronicle Books 2005)

 

Co-author: YMCA Water Fitness for Health (Human Kinetics, 1999) She has co-authored videos on stress management and modeled exercises for video and print. Shirley served as Senior Medical Writer for WellCheck.com, a personal health management website, owned by Cholestech Corporation.

Wellness, Fitness, and Mind-Body Exercise Expert: Shirley has been a quoted expert on CNN.com, ABC.com, MSN.com, WebMD.com, WeightWatchers.com and in Family Circle, Real Simple, Shape, Health, Fitness, Heart & Soul, Oxygen, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Energy for Women, American Fitness, San Jose Mercury News, among others, for national corporate wellness programs, and on TV and radio worldwide.

Global Fitness Industry Leader and Media Spokesperson: Shirley is a leader in the fitness industry worldwide and has served on and chaired numerous committees for IDEA-The Health & Fitness Source, the largest fitness professional organization in the world, and for the American Council on Exercise. Shirley is the IDEA® Health & Fitness Association Spokesperson for Mind-Body Exercise. She's been a continuing ed course provider for ACE, AFAA, ACSM, NSCA, AEA, and YMCA of the USA. She's certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, American Council on Exercise, National Strength & Conditioning Association, and numerous other internationally recognized certifying bodies. She's a certified Pilates instructor, Yoga teacher, massage therapist, and aromatherapist. She also teaches continuing ed workshops for registered nurses and other allied health professionals.